Twiggy again

I'm a day late in editing these.....we went out to another resthome with little Twiggy. What a little charmer she is. I found this amazing verse on the wall there.......

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER

I'd like to make more mistakes next time.
I'd relax, I would limber up.
I would be sillier than I have been this trip.
I would take fewer things seriously.
I would take more chances.
I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers.
I would eat more ice cream and less beans.
I would perhaps have more actual troubles,
but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.
You see, I'm one of those people who live sensibly
and sanely hour after hour, day after day.
Oh, I've had my moments, and if I had to do it again,
I'd have more of them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else.
Just moments, one after the other,
instead of living so many years ahead of each day.
I've been one of those persons
who never goes anywhere without a thermometer,
a hot water bottle, a raincoat, and a parachute.
If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have.
If I had my life to live over,
I would start barefoot earlier in the spring
and stay that way later in the fall.
I would go to more dances.
I would ride more merry-go-rounds,
I would pick more daisies.

by Nadine Stair
from the book "Bag of Jewels"
by Susan Hayward